MidnightWatcher – Prophecy in Motion

“While Muslims reportedly consider Daniel a Prophet, he is not mentioned in the Koran.” Then they ought to read the words of the Prophet Daniel in the Bible. Perhaps then some of them will begin to understand that they’re on the wrong side of history, being members of a body that will one day be destroyed forever …

Daniel 7:7, 11b,  26b-27a, “… in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast — terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left … I kept looking until the beast was slain and its body destroyed and thrown into the blazing fire … his power will be taken away and completely destroyed forever. Then the sovereignty, power and greatness of all the kingdoms under heaven will be handed over to the holy people of the Most High.”

iSLAM: Victims Crushed, Devoured, Trampled

By Tova Dvorin, INN – “The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) has destroyed the tomb of Biblical Jonah, according to Arabic media outlets, in a show of disdain for non-Islamic cultures.

‘ISIS militants have destroyed the Prophet Younis (Jonah) shrine east of Mosul city after they seized control of the mosque completely,’ a security source, who kept his identity anonymous, told the Iraq-based al-Sumaria News Thursday. ‘The militants closed all of the mosque doors and prevented worshipers from entering to pray.’

A witness who did not wish to give his name said that ISIS militants ‘first stopped people from praying in it, they fixed explosive charges around and inside it and then blew it up in front of a large gathering of people,’ according to AFP.

Mosul residents told AFP it took ISIS terrorists a full hour to rig the shrine with explosives before setting it ablaze. The shrine has reportedly been turned to ‘dust,’ an anonymous eyewitness stated.

Jonah the Prophet is known as the paradigmatic example of teshuva, repentance, in the Bible, and his story is recorded in the Koran as well.

According to Al-Arabiya, Jonah’s tomb was dated to the eighth century BCE, and his tomb was also one of the many historic mosques said to have been destroyed by ISIS Islamists.

A local Mosul official, Zuhair al-Chalabi, also told Iraqi news outlets last week that Prophet Daniel’s tomb was also destroyed.

While Muslims reportedly consider Daniel a Prophet, he is not mentioned in the Koran.” Source – INN.

The Book Of Daniel: Islam, The End Times, And Current Events – “Daniel 11:36-39 is not only a perfect description of how Islam operates as a religion, but is also a perfect description of what Islam is. An Islamic Antichrist will exalt himself over every faith and belief system that exists or has existed outside of his estate (H3653 ken — base, estate, office), outside of the religious ideology that the ‘seat of the beast’ forces upon everyone under its control. Antichrist (and by direct implication the one whom he represents, Satan) will position himself against everything called god or considered God or divine outside of his base/estate/office. He will exalt himself over Ayyavazhi. Over Buddhism. He will exalt himself over the gods of Hinduism and each and every single one of its sects or denominations. He will exalt himself over Manichaeism. Over Mithraism. Over Zoroastrianism. Over Confucianism. Over every Shinto sect and school of thought. Over every indigenous religion that exists or has existed in the Americas, in Eurasia, in Africa, in Oceania or elsewhere. He will even exalt himself over the One True God of gods — the God of his fathers — over Adonai, over Mashiach, over Ruach ha Qodesh. He exalts himself over them all by attributing to himself a Divine Title or Function held only by YHWH …” Read more.

It’s Allah’s version of House Hunters International, posthumously produced by the “prophet” of Islam himself. No word on whether this episode will air before or after the Mohammed-inspired versions of Law and Order, Killer Instinct and Jericho …

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Psalm 83:2,4, “For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head… They have said, ‘Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.’”

By Reza Kahlili, The Daily Caller – “The deputy commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards vowed revenge against Israel for its ongoing military incursion into Gaza, which has already killed hundreds of Palestinians and dozens of Israelis.

‘You [people of Israel] are trees without any roots which were planted in the Islamic lands by the British,’ Brig. Gen. Hossein Salami said at this week’s Friday prayer sermon in Tehran, Fars News Agency reported. That statement referred to the Balfour Declaration, which led to the dismantling of the Ottoman Empire after World War I and the eventual creation of the state Israel in 1948.

‘We will chase you house to house and will take revenge for every drop of blood of our martyrs in Palestine,’ Salami said. ‘and this is the beginning point of Islamic nations awakening for your defeat.’

The deputy commander promised that Palestine will no longer remain calm and cited a statement by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic regime: ‘Imam [Khomeini] with the statement that Israel must be wiped from the face of the Earth gave a true message to the world. This message enlightened the Muslims and became the concept on the streets of Syria, Lebanon and Palestine.’

Salami, recalling previous wars Israel fought against Hezbollah in Lebanon, said: ‘The end of the Zionist regime [Israel] has arrived. Islamic movements are armed, missiles are positioned, and today we witness how the arms of the resistance in a corner of the Islamic world are controlling the events in the face of the tragic and barbaric attack by the Zionist regime against the oppressed and defenseless Palestinians in Gaza.’

Salami blamed the U.S. and England for Israel’s policies and activities in the region and stated, ‘The balance of power will change to the benefit of the Islamic world, and we warn the Zionists that you are a rootless society with no land, no race, no history and no element which constitute a nation. Today, no place in the occupied land is safe for the Zionists … today the missiles of the Palestinian resistance cover much farther than the Zionists expected.

‘We are confident that Allah’s promises will come true and in the end the Islamic world will be the graveyard of America and the Zionist regime’s policies along with their allies in the region. The flag of Islam will be raised,’ Salami concluded.” Read more.

Flashback: Iran’s Supreme Leader: For Peace And Safety Israel Must Be Destroyed – “We keep hearing this sort of racist, virulent anti-Semitism repeated all throughout the Muslim world, even in the West, particularly when Israel is forced to protect itself from the savage blood-thirsty terrorists who were elected to ‘lead’ the people of Gaza. This mentality, however, only serves to underscore the fact that the only ‘peace and safety’ the Islamic world is interested in is the sort of ‘peace and safety’ they believe to achieve once the nation of Israel has been completely destroyed. But the fact of the matter is that true peace and safety will never come with Israel’s destruction. It will only come with Islam’s …” Read more.

Flashback: Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guards Deputy Commander: Islam Has Given Us The Goal Of Annihilating Israel – “Despite the geographical distance, we are attached to the hearts of the Palestinians. How is it that our slogans and goals are identical to the slogans and causes of the Palestinians? Why do we strive to become martyrs and risk our lives for the Palestinian cause? The answer is that the religion of Islam has designated this for us – this goal, this motivation, this belief, this energy – so that we, here, can muster all our energies in order to annihilate the Zionist entity, more than 1,400 kilometers away. We are ready for that moment in the future.” Read more.

Flashback: Iran: We Are Prepared For A Decisive War Against America And Israel, We Have Been ‘Making Plans’ – “In his Revolution Day message, both Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan and Iranian Army chief of staff Hassan Firouzabadi stressed that Iran longs for the decisive battle with the U.S., in light of the latter’s threat to use the military option if the nuclear talks fail. In other speeches, government officials stressed that hostility towards the U.S. – ‘the Great Satan’ – would continue even if the nuclear issue were resolved, and that Iran’s smiles at the negotiating table were merely a tactical move aimed at obtaining Iran’s nuclear rights. Following are excerpts from Iranian government officials’ statements for Revolution Day 2014.” Read more.

Antichrist: Leader Of A One-World Government? – “Though the ‘seat of the Beast’ is regional, we have already seen and will continue to see Muslim rioting, civil unrest and acts of terror in non-Muslim nations such as America, Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden and elsewhere, as well as Muslim nations. Its effect will certainly be felt globally, but the extent to which it will be felt at its peak, however, remains to be seen. Although Antichrist will seek to rule the whole literal earth and force the political and religious ideology of the Beast upon every government and upon every man, woman and child on the planet, Antichrist’s efforts will not succeed — an increasingly evident fact to which the whole of the prophetic texts testify. When Christ returns in power and great glory Scripture lists the nations that He fights against by name, and every nation that is identified in Scripture is today an Islamic nation.” Read more.

This is Islam’s version of “Game of Thrones” — only this time it isn’t fantasy. It’s all real. And worse. Because “Allah is Greater” than all other gods. But if the religion of the most magnificent and merciful “Allah” were to take over the world, the centuries following the 21st would be much more reminiscent of those witnessed during the Dark Ages. Backwardness. Barbarism. Bloodshed. Where would Islam be without it? …

Hadith, Sahih Muslim 1:33a, “The Messenger of Allah [Mohammed] said: ‘I have been commanded to fight against people till they testify that there is no god but Allah, that Mohammad is the messenger of Allah, and they establish [Islamic] prayer …”

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Mail Online – “Islamist militants have reportedly beheaded dozens of soldiers at a Syrian army base and mounted their heads on poles.

Extremists from the group Islamic State, previously known as ISIS, seized the base in the northern province of Raqqa, leaving more than 85 soldiers dead and 200 more unaccounted for.

The Syrian Human Rights Observatory said at least 50 of the soldiers had been executed – many of them beheaded – as horrifying footage began circulating online which appeared to show the bodies…

The video, which has not been independently verified, features a voiceover by one of the militants as several decapitated heads are shown mounted on poles on top of a fence.

At least two of the bodies at the Division 17 base were crucified, according to the Associated Press, which said the video appeared to be genuine.

Other photographs posted on jihadist social media accounts showed fighters inside the military base in control of several tanks, trucks and ammunition boxes.

In one, extremist militants raised the black flag of Islamic State above a building.

In another, IS fighters are shown apparently inside Division 17’s living quarters burning a portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

The head of the British-based Syrian Human Rights Observatory, Rami Abdel Rahman, told AFP hundreds of troops ‘withdrew on Friday to safe places – either to nearby villages whose residents oppose IS or to nearby Brigade 93 – but the fate of some 200 remains unknown’.” Read more.

Flashback: Something Is Seriously Wrong In The Islamic World When We Have To Applaud Muslims For Coming Out Against Beheading – “Here is the problem when it comes to the aftermath of events such as beheading of one of our soldiers in Woolwich recently. It is not that almost every Muslim community spokesperson didn’t come out and say that the beheading was bad. That is what they have done before and will continue to do after – and quite rightly so. It is of course a pretty low place to position the bar. Applauding anyone for coming out against beheading is just a symptom of a malaise: ‘Hurrah – you’re for us keeping our heads.’ But the other part of the horror is that there are too many people – far too many people – who although they would condemn this attack in London, might not condemn another such attack were it to have happened somewhere else …” Read more.

And they’re not just limiting targets to military and men only. They’re referring to every Jewish man, woman and child wherever they may be found, along with synagogues, schools, businesses and anything else belonging to Jews. Why wait for the “Day of Judgment” tomorrow when they can get a head start today? For peaceful purposes …

Hadith, Sahih Muslim, 41:6985, “The Day of Judgement will not come about until Muslims fight the Jews, when the Jew will hide behind stones and trees. The stones and trees will say O Muslims, O Abdullah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him …”

Attack Jews. Everywhere.

The Jerusalem Post – “An Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen spokesman delivered a sermon in a Barawa mosque in Somalia on Sunday calling upon Muslims to attack Jewish targets everywhere, according to a report provided exclusively to The Jerusalem Post by the Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor of MEMRI (the Middle East Media Research Institute).

Speaking about the conflict in Gaza, Al-Shabab spokesman Ali Dhere said all of the ‘nations of unbelief’ participated in the ‘aggression against Gaza,’ mentioning specifically ‘the Americans who stood by the Jews in their aggression against the Muslims in Gaza.’

Al-Shabab’s news agency Al-Shahada reported the sermon in which Dhere blamed Egypt for locking its borders with Gaza.

He also blamed the United Nations for ‘protecting global unbelief’ and for making do with ‘standing by as witnesses and condemning the crimes committed by the Jews in Gaza.’

Dhere called upon Muslims to stand up and take revenge for their Muslim brothers in Gaza, saying: ‘The Jews are spread out throughout the world, and the Jews’ properties are spread everywhere. In light of this, the Muslims must attack the Jews and their properties in every place, and they must pray for their brothers in Gaza.’

He concluded by saying the Muslims in Somalia must take a lesson from the events in Gaza, since the Jews stand behind the enemies who are invading Somalia.

He warned his listeners that ‘If you do not stand up today in front of this enemy who is invading the land, you will face what you Muslim brothers in Gaza are facing.'” Source – The Jerusalem Post.

Flashback: Kenya: Al-Shabaab Vows To Kill All Non-Muslims, ‘You Will Soon Witness The Return Of Our Islamic Caliphate’ – “We praise Allah for enabling us to perform this great act of worship which is the peak of Islam … everything has reached its limit and it’s now time for us to retaliate [against the kuffar] … do not forget that we are everywhere and we have already planned on the best ways of retaliation and you will soon witness the return of our Islamic Caliphate… Our Caliphate will only return by the sword and there is no other way and we will implement the Shari’ah of Allah …” Watch video.

Flashback: Al-Shabaab Claims Responsibility For Church Attacks, Will Continue To Kill Those Who Do Not Worship Allah – “Somalia militia group Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for Sunday’s twin attacks on two churches in Garissa County that left 17 people dead… An Al-Shabaab loyalist Sheikh Hassan Takar said that the militia killed people who did not profess allegiance to Allah. ‘The mujahedeen (holy warriors) punished with their hands those believing and worshipping other than Allah,’ he said. ‘The militants will continue until such practice is eliminated.’ He added” Read more.

Yes, a “big explosion” is coming. Unfortunately for them, it’s not the one that the Muslim nations surrounding Israel are hoping for …

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Joel 3:11-12, 14, “Hasten and come, all you surrounding nations, And gather yourselves there. Bring down, O LORD, Your mighty ones. Let the nations be aroused And come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, For there I will sit to judge All the surrounding nations… Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near …”

2 Peter 3:10, “… the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.”

Ramadan Has Ended, Violence Must Begin

By Itamar Marcus, PMW – “Palestinian Media Watch reported on Thursday that Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas had publicly declared the current conflict with Israel as a religious ‘war for Allah.’ On Friday, the Palestinian news service Ma’an printed an opinion piece that likewise interpreted the last lines of Abbas’ speech as a call to West Bank Palestinians to initiate violence:

‘He gave the sign to let the [Palestinian] street in the West Bank loose. Isn’t the Quranic verse he quoted during his last speech, ‘Permission [to fight] has been given to those who are being fought, because they were wronged. And indeed, Allah is competent to give them victory’ [Surah 22:39, trans. Sahih International] a clear sign to loosen the reins of the street?’

Violence began immediately following Abba’s speech and peaked on Saturday, as reported in the Jerusalem Post: ‘Nine Palestinians were killed during clashes with the IDF and Border Police over the weekend, in one of the deadliest days in the West Bank in the last 10 years.” [July 27, 2014]

A cartoon published in the office PA daily today similarly indicated the PA seeks violence. The picture showed two masked men throwing Molotov cocktails and fire raging in the background. The Arabic text is a saying attributed to Mohammed regarding the end of the Ramadan fast: ‘The thirst has passed, and the throat is moist.’ In this context, the cartoon indicates that the period of quiet is over, and violence has returned.

The Ma’an journalist cited above explained that Abbas chose to encourage the West Bank to join in the violence for political reasons:

‘Abbas realized that by staying outside the arena, he would be excluded from the political game. He also knows that the [Palestinian] street in the West Bank is ready for an explosion.’

The op-ed also noted an explicit statement made by senior Fatah official Central Committee member Tawfiq Tirawi as another indication of Abbas’ desire for violence:” Read more.

There’s a reason why so many Nazis converted to Islam. There’s no place like home, there’s no place like home, there’s no place like home …

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By Dr. Inna Rogatchi, INN (Op-Ed) – “The wave of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic hatred has sprung all over Europe readily seizing the pretext of the completely justified Israeli military operation in Gaza. Mass demonstrations in London and the other cities of the United Kingdom, violent riots in Paris, ‘Kristallnacht’-style attacks on synagogues in France, Ireland and Poland, public hate preaches of imam calling for the death ‘the Jews until the last one’ in Berlin, abrasive threats to Jewish people in Denmark and Sweden; all this amassing daily.

The things are better in the USA, but there a well Jewish people are threatened because of their national origin ( in Chicago) and where many anti-Israel and anti-Semitic demonstrations have been snow-balling.

As occurred numerous times before, Israel, under non-stop missile attacks by Hamas is presented as a very bad cop; as always, the die-hard left is indulged in calling white black and preaching to Israel to make peace with a cannibal. What’s new in all those anti-Israel and anti-Semitic activities all over the world this time, is the substantially larger number of demonstrators – just everywhere; their determination; their rather high level of confidence and aggressiveness; and largely prevailing Arab and Muslim presence among the attackers and demonstrators.

What we are experiencing today in Europe and the West, is a wave of articulated hatred towards Jews, and Israel, in that order; and also a substantially higher arrogant confidence on the part of the attackers and demonstrators. They are acting in a much bolder way, also demonstrating to us all quite intentionally: we are here, it is within our rights to do whatever we want – and they are indeed allowed to spread all this hate and conduct all these attacks by the European and Western governments who remain largely meek towards racial violence peaking up in their countries.

This is the result of the more than 25 years of extremely short-sighted and inept policy, or actually, absence of firm stand and articulated policy of the European and Western governments on the issue on militant Islam’ spreading and planting roots in the West.” Read more.

Some have surmised that if Hamas were to be removed from power then something even worse could replace them, such as ISIS. But as Israel’s Prime Minister recently explained, and rightly so, “Hamas is [already] like ISIS, Hamas is like al Qaeda, Hamas is like Hezbollah, Hamas is like Boko Haram.” In a worst-case scenario, what would replace Hamas would not be worse, for Hamas is already as bad as it gets. What would replace Hamas would simply be another Hamas with yet another name. Does that mean that Israel should therefore permit Hamas to remain in power? I say no. Hamas must be destroyed, and a lesson must be taught to anyone who wishes to replace it: If you wish to live by the sword of Jihad, you will most certainly die by the sword of Jihad …

Has the whole of Europe become 1930’s Germany? Recent events certainly suggest it. Considering that this sign was also in Turkish suggests that the owners may have been Muslim, though I have no confirmation. Nevertheless, could you imagine the riots and potential deaths — not just across Belgium, but much of Europe — if a Christian or Jewish business owner were to post a sign that allowed dogs but not Muslims? …

Hadith, Sahih Muslim, 41:6985, “The Day of Judgement will not come about until Muslims fight the Jews, when the Jew will hide behind stones and trees. The stones and trees will say O Muslims, O Abdullah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him …”

By Carol Kuruvilla, NY Daily News – “A Belgian cafe owner is under fire for broadcasting an anti-Semitic slur in his store window.

A sign in Turkish and French announced, ‘Dogs are allowed in this establishment but Jews are not under any circumstances,’ the Jewish Forward reports. The French version of the sign replaced ‘Jews’ with ‘Zionists,’ according to the Jewish Forward.

The Belgian League Against Anti-Semitism (LBCA) spotted the disturbing display in the town of Saint-Nicolas on Wednesday.

Along with the sign, the cafe owners hung a Palestinian flag and a kaffieh, a Palestinian shawl. The Israeli flag was also in the window, but it was crossed out with a giant red ‘X’.

Saint-Nicolas’ mayor sent police to the cafe to remove the sign. But the LBCA is demanding more action.

‘LBCA will file in the coming hours a criminal complaint with the Liege prosecutor over the actions of those responsible for this violation of the July 30 law against racism and xenophobia of 1981,’ LBCA told the Forward in a statement.

The incidence bore a chilling resemblance to another reported act of anti-Semitism that occured in Belgium last week. An Orthodox Jewish woman claimed that a shop owner in Antwerp refused to sell her merchandise ‘out of protest.’ An employee of the store told Joods Actueel, a Jewish Daily, that the shop had temporarily decided not to sell to Jews, although the CEO denies this.

The foreign ministers of Germany, France and Italy have confirmed a rise in anti-Semitic protests and violents over the past few days over the conflicts in Gaza.” Read more.

Flashback: Europe’s New Nazis

• Dutch Muslim Youths Praise Hitler For What He Did To The Jews
• ‘It’s Time To Get Out’: Jewish Life In Europe ‘Dying A Slow Death’
• Austria: Hundreds Of Protesters Demand ‘Death To The Jews’ In Vienna
• Norway: Muslim Politician Wishes Hitler Could Come Back And Finish The Job
• ‘The Killing Will Not Stop Until the Muslim Occupation of Europe Comes to An End’
• ‘Muslims Are The New Nazis Of Europe’, Responsible For Large Number Of Hate Crimes
• France: Muslim Clerics Refer To Jews As ‘Pigs’, ‘Cancer’, ‘Filth’, ‘Microbes’, ‘Vermin’
• Germany: Berlin Muslims Assault Jews In, Jews Cautioned To No Longer Dress Like Jews
• ‘Europe’s Streets Are Very Dark These Days And You Feel Like A Jew In Berlin’ In 1920s
• UK Muslim Cab Driver Screams ‘All Jewish Children Must Die’ In Front Of Jewish School
• Netherlands: National Survey Requested After Muslim Students In Amsterdam Are Perfectly Satisfied With Hitler’s Slaughter Of Jews

Qur’an Sura 2:256a, “Let there be no compulsion in religion …”

The Alawite Syrian soldiers obviously don’t believe as the Sunnis do, so they should have their heads removed. Because that’s the sort of thing “Allah” now commands his loyal followers to do. For peaceful purposes …

Qur’an Sura 47:4,  “So when you meet in battle those who disbelieve, then smite the necks until when you have overcome them …”

By Johnlee Varghese, IBT – “The ISIS has claimed that they have seized a large Syrian military base on the outskirts of the city of Raqqa and have beheaded several captured soldiers.

The militants have released several images of captured soldiers being beheaded, following the clashes. The images have been posted on Twitter by the ISIS media cell members.

BBC, quoting Arabic correspondent Rami Ruhayem, stated that the Raqqa base clashes were a major offensive, which dismisses reports that the ISIS militants and Assad government were collaborating.

The Raqqa base, manned by Division 17 of the Syrian army, is said to have been captured by ISIS militants, following an overnight seige that began on Thursday.

It is, however, speculated in the Syrian media that the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) made a tactical retreat from the Raqqa base as most of the Syrian soldiers were able to escape the ISIS militants.

The SAA soldiers is said to have regrouped and, in the meantime, air raids are being carried out in the area.

Citing the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which is an anti-regime group, The Daily Star Lebanon said the ISIS began the attack with two suicide car bombs.” Read more.

Flashback: Iraq: Decapitated Heads Line The Streets Of Mosul As ISIS Imposes ‘Divine’ Sharia Law – “The decapitated heads of policeman and soldiers are lining the streets of Iraq’s second biggest city, a displaced Iraqi woman has revealed today. Speaking from a refugee camp to which she fled after jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (also known as ISIS) invaded the northern city of Mosul on Tuesday, the woman told of the horrific treatment meted out to those who do not bow to their rapidly expanding rule. It would appear the occupation of Mosul was made easier by the fact a reported 30,000 soldiers fled, leaving behind tanks and firearms as just 800 fighters approached.” Read more.